< Psalms 83 >

1 A Song. A Psalm. Of Asaph. O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.
A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
2 For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.
See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3 They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
4 They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:
For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the people of Tyre;
of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8 Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah)
Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot.
9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon:
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
10 Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became dust and waste.
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.
who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13 O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.
so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.
Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18 So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >